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COVID-19 Pandemic Associated With Higher Blood Pressure Across the United States Pandemic

COVID-19 Pandemic Associated With Higher Blood Pressure Across the United States

Blood pressure control worsened in both men and women with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in 2020. Women and older adults had the highest blood pressure measures during the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher blood pressure levels among middle-aged adults across the…
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December 15, 2021
Health care workers in Minnesota are ‘overwhelmed,’ ‘heartbroken,’ executives say Pandemic

Health care workers in Minnesota are ‘overwhelmed,’ ‘heartbroken,’ executives say

Health care executives in Minnesota pleaded with unvaccinated people Sunday to stop the spread of Covid-19, saying that nearly two years into the pandemic, doctors, nurses and others across the state are “overwhelmed” and “heartbroken.” In an open letter published in the Star Tribune of Minneapolis and the Pioneer Press…
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December 14, 2021
$40 per week to live in a shipping container: Inside horticulture’s ‘dark underbelly’ Pandemic

$40 per week to live in a shipping container: Inside horticulture’s ‘dark underbelly’

Mike* was excited to travel to Australia from his home country of Vanuatu to pick fruit during the harvest season under the federal government's Seasonal Worker Program. Key points:Seasonal workers who ran away from their employer jumped from 225 to more than 1,100 in the past yearStudies also show there…
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December 14, 2021
California Schools Phase out ‘D’ and ‘F’ Grades for High School Students Pandemic

California Schools Phase out ‘D’ and ‘F’ Grades for High School Students

As high school students transition out of distance learning imposed by pandemic restrictions, several California districts are dropping the use of “D” and “F” grades in an attempt to reengage students in school and boost entry into the state’s public colleges. Los Angeles Unified, Oakland Unified, Sacramento City Unified, and…
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December 13, 2021
Democrats to Ex-Trump Aide: You Can’t Dodge a Subpoena Just Because Trump Told You To Pandemic

Democrats to Ex-Trump Aide: You Can’t Dodge a Subpoena Just Because Trump Told You To

House Democrats investigating Donald Trump’s pandemic response have a new headache caused by ex-trade adviser Peter Navarro, who is refusing to comply with their subpoena because, as he put it, the 45th president gave him a “direct order” to claim executive privilege. Trump appeared to make such a decree last month, noting in a statement that he…
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December 12, 2021
Singapore’s property market still buzzing in Q4 2021, study finds Pandemic

Singapore’s property market still buzzing in Q4 2021, study finds

Exceptional Homes Singapore continues to grapple with COVID-19, with goals set in place to live with the virus as an endemic disease. Effects of the pandemic continue to affect our daily lives, but the property market remains largely resilient. (Photo: PropertyGuru) Unfazed by the economic uncertainties brought on COVID-19, property…
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December 11, 2021
Netflix Docuseries ‘Midnight Asia’ Explores Eastern Mega-Cities After Dark (Exclusive) Pandemic

Netflix Docuseries ‘Midnight Asia’ Explores Eastern Mega-Cities After Dark (Exclusive)

THR) Netflix’s latest documentary series from Asia will offer viewers around the world an outlet for some of their pent-up, pandemic-era wanderlust.Midnight Asia: Eat. Dance. Dream., which goes live on Netflix on Jan. 20, explores the nocturnal worlds of six Asian megacities — Tokyo, Seoul, Mumbai...Read More
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December 10, 2021